Question

A-6ft tall man notices his shadow is 3 feet long. At the same time of day, he measures the shadow of a nearby water tower and finds it to be 23.7 feet long. how tall is the water tower.

Answer 1

Explanation:

If 6/2 = 3 then x/2 = 23.7

Multiply 2 to both sides

then we get x=47.4